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Suspicious package found at Royal Mail sorting office in Wolverhampton

A suspicious package has been found at a Royal Mail depot in Wolverhampton.

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The sorting office

Emergency services descended on the Royal Mail sorting office in Sun Street after a 999 call just before 9am.

Police, fire and ambulance services all attended.

West Midlands Ambulance Service said staff headed to the incident involving a suspicious package after receiving a 999 call at 8.57am.

One ambulance, three paramedic officers and the Hazardous Area Response Team attended the scene.

Ambulance service spokesman Jamie Arrowsmith said: “We assessed one patient, a woman who had come into contact with the package, who was discharged at the scene.”

A West Midlands Police spokesman: "Police are currently in attendance at the Royal Mail delivery office in Sun Street, Wolverhampton following a report of a suspicious package containing an unknown substance."